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morþ-bealu

(n.)
Grammar
morþ-bealu, wes; n.

Deadly harm ⬩ murder

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Deadly harm, murder, Beo. Th. 272; B. 136

morþor-bealu

(n.)
Grammar
morþor-bealu, wes; n.

Deadly hurt ⬩ murder

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Deadly hurt, murder Geseón morþorbealo mága, Beo. Th. 2162; B. 1079: 5477; B. 2742

Linked entry: morþ-bealu

wæscing

(n.)
Grammar
wæscing, (?) washing in weascing-weg

a road leading to a sheep-washing place(?)

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a road leading to a sheep-washing place(?) Tó weascingwege nioðeweardun, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 78, 17: 138, 4

Linked entry: weascing

ge-weorc

(n.)
Grammar
ge-weorc, -worc, -were, es; n. [ge-, weorc a work] .

work ⬩ ŏpus ⬩ ŏpuscŭlus ⬩ a fort ⬩ fortress ⬩ arx

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Mǽre wurdon his wundra geweorc great were his wondrous works, 45 b; Th. 155, 2; Gú. 854: 40 a; Th. 133, 35; Gú. 500.

Linked entries: ge-werc ge-worc geweorc-lic

weard

(n.)
Grammar
weard, e; f.
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Add In þá heordnesse and weard heora sylfra eádmódnesse in custodiam humilitatis. Gr. D. 205, 10

wegu

(n.)
Grammar
wegu, e; f.
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Carriage, vehicle Ne beþearf ná seó sáwul swá gerádre wege and færinge anima vehiculo non eget, Gr. D. 314, 25

weód

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Á hé mæig findan hwæt hé mæig on byrig bétan . . . weód wyrtwalian, Angl. ix. 262, 21. Add

smeoru

(n.)
Grammar
smeoru, smeru (o, a), wes ; n.
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Smerewe arvina, 471, 4. in the following passages Wið útsihte, hunig and unsylt smeoru and wex, Lchdm. iii. 18, 5. Heortes smeoro (smeru, smero), i. 338, 15 : 354, 4. Sceápes smern, ii. 66, 7. Foxes smero, iii. 2, 25.

Linked entries: smera smeru

wedd

Grammar
wedd, <b>. I.</b>
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Syle wedd be þissum eallum þe ic for þé dyde and for þe þrowade.' Ðonne andswaraþ se man úrum Drihtne and cwið: 'Nebbe ic ǽnig wedd tó syllanne nimþe míne (dǽda). 'Þonne bið bóc ontýned . . . On þére bóc beóð áwritene ǽghwylces mannes dǽda, Verc.

weorf

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weorf)] jumentum, Wrt. Voc. l. 23, 6. Hé geann . . . þám æþelinge .XL. mancsa goldes and þǽra wildra worfa æt Æscburnan lande, Cht. Crw. 23, ii

burh-waru-man

(n.)
Grammar
burh-waru-man, -mann, es; m.
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A citizen; civis, Bd. 1, 7; S. 479, 12

wéde

(adj.)
Grammar
wéde, adj.

Furious, in a rage, mad, fierce,

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S.) wæs mé ðió widiua molesta est mihi haec vidua, 18, 5.widiua Wið wédes (wéde, MS. B. v.wéde-hund) hundes slite, Lchdm. i. 362, 23

Linked entries: woede wéde-hund

ge-ǽwnod

(v.)
Grammar
ge-ǽwnod, part. [ǽwnian to marry, wed]

Married ⬩ nuptus

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Married; nuptus Ruth wearþ geǽwnod Iessan ealdan fæder Ruth was married to the grandfather of Jesse, Ælfc. T. 12, 17

Linked entry: ǽwnian

weal

(n.)

a wall.

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a wall

weel

Grammar
weel,
  • Wrt. Voc. ii. 95, 79.

Similar entry: þel

wége

Similar entry: wǽge

wégi

Similar entry: wǽge

well

Similar entry: will

welm

Similar entry: wilm

-weorc

(adj.; suffix)
Grammar
-weorc, adj.
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weorcan

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